Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
One last thing I beg you please just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings half way round the world
Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down
Landed somewhere far from here with no one else around
To catch you falling down
And I'm looking at you now
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
Swing for the fences son
He must have told you once
That was a conversation you took nothing from
So raise your glass now and celebrate exactly what you've done
Just put off another day of knowing where your from
You can catch up with yourself if you run
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
Is this the life that you lead?
Or the life that's left for you?
Will you take the road that's been laid out before you
Will we cross paths somewhere else tonight? Somewhere else
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
I've watched you fly on paper wings half way round the world
Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down
Landed somewhere far from here with no one else around
To catch you falling down
And I'm looking at you now
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
Swing for the fences son
He must have told you once
That was a conversation you took nothing from
So raise your glass now and celebrate exactly what you've done
Just put off another day of knowing where your from
You can catch up with yourself if you run
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
Is this the life that you lead?
Or the life that's left for you?
Will you take the road that's been laid out before you
Will we cross paths somewhere else tonight? Somewhere else
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
Its not waiting for you and neither am I
Lyrics submitted by aluminum_union, edited by RoyHev
Paper Wings Lyrics as written by Christopher Chasse Brandon Barnes
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I agree with majority of the opinions but I have a bit of a different view. I think Paper wings represent two things, 1 like most people said instability, and 2 I think he's also saying he's seen them do amazing things, saying they've excelled at something and they went pretty far (halfway 'round the world) until they made a mistake and hit rock bottom (spiraling down) and gave up (with no one else around to catch you falling down) meaning they abandoned everyone and their encouragement (also something everyone has seemed to miss at the very start he says just before you go it seems to be saying they're trying to get a dead end job), and they're trying to act like they're happy with their life but they're actually disappointed with their failure and are hurting (between each smile there's a tear in your eye). Well that's my understanding of the song, I hope it helped.
And for the record Paper Wings is my favorite song by Rise Against, in fact it's one of my all time favorites and the majority of music I listen to is metal, (although I do listen to lots of Billy Talent and Rise Against) so I don't understand how some people call it their weakest song because to me it's pure genius and how they recorded it is amazing composure.